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Two German journalists have been killed by unidentified attackers in northern Afghanistan in an overnight attack. | |
The two, from international broadcaster Deutsche Welle, were shot while travelling from Baghlan province to Bamiyan province, officials said. | |
The identities of the dead man and woman have not yet been released. They were apparently in the country working on a documentary. | |
The pair were killed in their tent in the early hours of Saturday. | |
Zemarai Bashary, an interior ministry spokesman, said the journalists had been attacked while camping in Baghlan en route to Bamiyan. | |
"They were shot dead with AK-47s," he told AFP news agency. | |
Berlin condemned the attack. | |
"This heinous crime must be solved and the perpetrators brought before justice," Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier said in a statement. | |
He said it would strengthen Germany's resolve to support a democratic government in Kabul. | |
In 2001, German journalist Volker Handloik was killed along with two French colleagues in a Taleban ambush in Afghanistan. | In 2001, German journalist Volker Handloik was killed along with two French colleagues in a Taleban ambush in Afghanistan. |